I love it. Im thrilled to have you at your museum of history and culture. My name is jamie bosket. I have the pleasure of being the ceo here. Im just going to kick it off. We have awesome speakers for this collaboration. But i will point out since i see some new faces that are not our usual here at this museum that you are gathered here today in the oldest Culture Institution in the commonwealth of virginia. We are older than a decade than the smithsonian. We are older than half of the states of this country. In fact, this is rather interesting to consider of the historical overlaps within the topic we approach today. Our first president of the Virginia Historical society was chief justice marshall. He served from 1831 until his death a few years later. But beyond that, and this happens to us so often as we think about the complex history. That this place, this institution has been witness to much of the history, including much of the history well discuss today. So think of that and th
Source aquifer, which has fueled this community for generations, for hundreds of years, and really, the confluence of waterways is why this region was settled in the first place. Today, even though we are a burgeoning metropolitan area, seventh largest city in the country, you can see our riverwalk, which is one of the top tourist destinations in the world, be part of a great urban revitalization that also includes Ecosystem Restoration on a 25kilometer riverway. Of course, something im very proud of is that, here we are on the footsteps of one of the largest fossil fuel reserves in the entire world, and we just ratified a Climate Action Adaptation Plan that, on my first day in office as mayor, we chose to declare ourselves in the paris climate accord, and we ratified that plan just a few months ago to help us implement strategies to make compliance with the accords. San antonio is one of the Fastest Growing cities in the country, and so our challenges in what were working on is really
Trail of Tears Association president jack baker talks about the forced relocation of native americans in the early 19th century. Mr. Baker, a member of the jericho nation, also talks about his familys and voluntary move Cherokee Nation, also talks about his familys and voluntary move to oklahoma. This is brought to you by the Virginia Museum of history and culture, along with preservation virginia. I am pleased to introduce jack baker, where he represents the charity citizens residing outside of the Cherokee Nation. He is a National President of the trail of Tears Association. He is the current president of the Oklahoma Historical society and served on a number of other boards. He has done Extensive Research he has done extensive Cherokee Research for more than 50 years and has authored articles and edited several books on cherokee history. He continued his Research Even yesterday at the library of virginia, so it gives me pleasure to introduce jack baker. [applause] councilor baker th
So poverty was a way of life for them. And working hard from sunrise to sunset from an early age was part of her life. She was orphaned very early, around the age of six, moved to vicksburg, mississippi, with her sister. She then moved again to st. Louis to work with her brothers who were barbers. There is no lockstep for what African American womens lives were during the turn of the century. Many worked on farms. Many were sharecroppers. But most were not able to get education and could not have the job of their dreams because of discrimination and segregation laws. And these were laws, as opposed to just biases and feelings. These were hard, codified laws that prohibited women from, in general, from living and working where they wanted to but particularly African American women. She went to pittsburgh and decided it was not a Strong Enough base for her. She came to indianapolis, the crossroads of america. And at the time, this was the crossroads for railroad, distribution into the so
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